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LEWIS E. BARNES. Township Trusts

To whom is intrusted the business management of the schools,
and to whose business acumen, energy and well directed effort
may be attributed the complete plans and rapid progress
toward the erection of the handsome and commodious addition
to the High School Building.

Ci. H. THOMPSON, Superintendent

B. Sc. Valparaiso University 1907.
Principal Hobart Township High School 1895-1905.
Superintendent Hobart Schools 1905—

MISS MABEL C. MONROE
Music and Art, H. T. H. S., 1909 —
Graduate Muskegon High School and
Thomas Normal Training School
Student Heron Art Institute 1907-08

MISS HELEN M. QUIN NELL
B. Sc. Valparaiso University 1910
Mathematics and Botany

H. T. H. S. 1907—
Englewood High School, Chicago
Normal School

WALTER A. ZAUGG
B. Sc.. B. Bed., A. B., Valparaiso
University 1908
Latin and German H. T. H. S.
1908—

CHAS. H. BARTS
B. Sc. Valparaiso University 1904
Science and History
Prin. H. T. H. S. 1907 -’10
Prin. Bremen H. S. 1903- 04
Supt. Wheeler Schools 1904- 07

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Class Colors

"Tavender and Cream

To The CIuhn o! 1910

In poetry there lives a powerful king.

Whom some deny and some proclaim divine:

But while the factions trace the royal line
The ruler smites the heathen, establishing
Order, peace, and justice. His praises ring

Through castle halls where graved escutcheons shine.
Then weary, on a dismal day’s decline
He passes whence a shout of welcoming.

We see a promise ’mid our world of facts.

And reach a hand to grasp the higher good,

Increase our knowledge, happiness and love.
Perchance the day is dark and evil acts

Of some destroy the throne where justice stood.

Yet faithful service the Master doth approve.

G. H. T.

Class Officers

HEllwyn 3\oper. "President
Ceorge Z3ree. Vice "President
Ceorge Oabbert. Secretary and treasurer

BESSIE BANKS

Bessie owns a medal golden,
Her name appears on works
of art:

This Aurora and editions
olden

Attest her helpful, faithful
heart.

GEORGE E. TABBERT

Here’s George Tabbert, ac-
tive. daring.

Orator, merchant, and buyer
of slocks;

Career equipped with roller
bearing.

Values character more than
‘‘rocks.’’

ELLWYN ROPER

Editor-in -Chief — and notice
the reason.

Listen the sound of that
violin,

Earnest work, from season
to season.

Finished in three years—
that’s Ellwyn !

JOHN M. KILLfGREW

John Killigrew. the favorite
actor,

The restless. redheaded
clown of the class ;

Law is sure to be a factor
In his fame and the fortune
he will amass.

ETHEL M. CROCKETT

Ethel plays "Unfold Ye Por-
tals,”

Has some forty marks to her
credit,

Deserves to rank anions: the
"immortals.”

For the question’s settled if
"Ethel said it.”

WILLIAM TRAEGER

William is long: and strong:
and ruddy.

Takes to Latin and the
discus hurl;

Thinks Civics and English
rather muddy,

Is abashed at the thought
of a real girl.

MILDRED M. NEEF

Mildred has seen a ’mobile
from Gary,

And frequently hustles to
visit that town :

Speed of shorthand girls may
vary.

But she is sure to win re-
noun.

HENRY T. HARMS

Henry is handsome, tall and
stately.

Runs a farm and runs to
school :

An actor, orator, athlete.lately
He sticks to his task and
minds the rule.

EDNA C. SEYDEL

Edna Seydel, as becomes an
actress,

Has lately determined to
wear a red cross;

Though hearts be broken
she’s a benefactress.
And the hospice gains the
stage’s loss.

EDNA TRAEGER

There's shy and modest Edna
Traeger,

Always wrestling: with her
books ;

Since geometry has ceased to
plague her.

She’s not quite so shy as
she looks.

ROYAL L. MORTON

Learned, gallant Royal
Morton.

A man of “money and in-
fluence fame ;

Rather accomplished in ways
of courtin’.

But science is his latest
"flame.”

LYDIA A. TRAEGER

Lydia enjoys her books and
papers.

But then she enjoys the
dances more,

There she can cut all sorts of
capers

And get her lessons the
same as before.

MARGARET BOLDT

Margaret studies grammar
and reading-.

And expects to “teach the
young idea

How to shoot” the things
he’s needing
To make a real panacea.

GEORGE J. TREE

First among athletic heroes
Place George Tree, the base
ball fan ;

In his grades he has no zeroes,
A real “Indiana Man.”

BETH SWANSON

Please accept these rhyming
numbers.

Orations take more ink and
breath.

Essays break my midnight
slumbers.

Poetry is best for Beth.

AURORA

EDITORIAL STAFF

ELLWYN RQPER
GEORGE TABBERT .
JOHN K1LLIGREW .
GEORGE TREE
BESSIE BANKS i
BETH SWANSON f
ROYAL MORTON
ETHEL CROCKETT .
EDNA SEYDEL

Editor in Chief
A* sixt ant Editor
Bueineee Manaoer
Athletic Editor

Art Editore
Science Editor
Literary Editor
Social Editor

KUMMERLOS

ENCE, Detestable Physics,

Of Reason staid and dense Experiment born
In barren laboratories,

Midst hideous sounds and odious smells;
Find out some Junior’s brain,

Where sweet Content sits enthroned
And there disturb her reign.

Haste thee now and take w r ith thee,
Thy comrades, Latin, Dutch, Geometry.

But Hail, thou Goddess, fair and free,
Most desired, sweet Liberty,

With Friendship true among thy train
Of followers never known to gain
Admittance to those dreary cells
Where Studiousness is want to dwell.
And Fancy, too, in regal robes,

Spun of illusions and roseate dreams
With haunting melodies between.
Admit into thy crew today,

The class of “1910,” we pray.

Then strolling arm in arm with thee,
We pay with joy the simple fee

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Of a blithsome smile and a happy heart
Which you ask of all who take a part
In thy care-free jaunts o’er hill and dale,
Where the brooklet stops to tell his tale
Of love to the maiden fern so shy,

Who listens with joy and ecstasy
To her lover’s oft vowed loyalty.

Here’s where we love to linger and rest,
Telling secrets, our heart ’s best.

Or seek some shady, obscure nook.

Where over-hanging willows, shook
By passing breezes, stretch their hands,
Reaching downwards as if to catch
The laughing ripples as they pass.

Or some may seek resounding halls,

Where basket-ball the crowd enthralls,
Regardless of their gestures wild,

To which the orator’s seem mild.

Against the high wire net we press,

And help our players, more or less.

By many a long and rousing shout

Not linked sweetness though long drawn out.

Then to the field of glories told.

Where “royal purple and old gold’’

Banners fluttering in the breeze
Proclaim to all our loyalty.

At last, when Night ascends her throne,

And all the stars come trooping home
From frolics midst Elysian flowers,

Or sweet repose in hidden bowers,

Then come, thou fairy-winged Sleep
And dust our eye lids while they lower
With pollen of the lotus flower.

And waft forgetfulness again
To each loved though naughty “10.”

ELLWYN ROPER.

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

HOBART TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL

ITH the preparation tor the
building of two new school
houses in Hobart Township this
summer, a synopsis of the his-
tory of our schools and espec-
ially the High School, will be
of interest to the community. We find
that in 1889 a two year course of study
was maintained and in that year there
was but one graduate. Then the course
was increased to three years and in the
spring of 1895 the entire number of
graduates for the past seven years was
twenty-three. During the next six years,
ending 1901 there were twenty-seven
graduates. From 1902 to 1905 inclusive,
a period of four years, the number of
graduates was thirty-five. For the five
years just past, including the present
class, the number is sixty-eight. In all
this makes one hundred and fifty-three
graduates; and since the High School
was commissioned in 1898 to the present
time the number is one hundred and
twenty.

The commission has been renewed
twice; the latest inspection was made in
March, 1910, by W. E. Stone, President
of Purdue University. At that time
President Stone stated that the work was
so far above the average that his visit
was merely a matter of form and that
he would recommend that the commis-
sion be immediately reissued in the
name of the present superintendent, G.
H. Thompson. This was done at the
meeting of the State Board of Education,
March 17, 1910.

The value of this commission is far
reaching. Because of it our graduates
are enabled to enter any of the higher
institutions of learning in the state with-
out further examination. This includes
especially the State University at Bloom-
ington, Purdue University at LaFayette,
and the State Normal School at Terre

Haute. Many of the graduates have
taken advantage of this privilege. Six
have attended Purdue; three, the State
University; two, DePauw; three, the
State Normal; two. Northwestern; and
several have done work in other insti-
tutions. With two exceptions this in-
terest has been manifested within the
last five years.

With the rapid growth of the schools
the township system has become more
and more unified. New buildings and
additional teachers are necessary. The
plans for the coming year provide five
teachers for the four upper grades below
the High School, thereby giving both pu-
pils and teachers the advantage of de-
partmental work. Hobart Township
now employs twenty-two teachers, ten of
whom are in the grades in the town of
Hobart.

The High School at present offers
four years’ work in English, four in
Latin, four in German, two and one-half
in History, three and one-half in Mathe-
matics, three in Science, one in Pho-
nography and Typewriting, one in Book-
keeping, two in Manual Training and Me-
chanical Drawing, four in Music and
four in Art.

The new building, for which the con-
tract has just been let, is to contain an
Assembly room 51x63. a Gymnasium
38x63, two laboratories, offices, a library,
and four school rooms. This Gymnasium
will be one of the finest in this part of
the state. All of these rooms will be
thoroughly equipped in the most modern
manner. With the beginning of the next
school year, September 1, 1910, Hobart
Township will have an equipment both
sanitary and efficient, to which our
school officials have been looking for-
ward and all our citizens are proud of
the prospect.

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The Growth of our Schools.

My present connection with this
work is new, hut I realize the importance
of our educational system and hope my
position shall be one of helpfulness.

Probably there is nothing more ap-
propriate for me to speak of than the
growth of our schools. There are now
about 675 pupils in the schools and the
enumeration just finished shows an in-
crease of 50 of school age in the town-
ship.

Experience has shown that it is bet-
ter to bring the children together and
make larger, stronger schools than to
have many schools and few pupils in
each. So most of the smaller schools
have been discontinued, and the people
whose children are thus transferred are
pleased with the plan. The opinion is
that the children are more interested and
the work is better done.

Because of the rapid growth of our
community, and the desire to make our
schools as efficient as possible, new

buildings are being erected. At present,
I know, we are working under great dis-
advantage; but next year I propose that
this shall be changed. Each class
throughout will have its separate room,
and the teachers will have rooms ar-
ranged for their special work.

Everything that the most skilled
specialists can provide for comfort,
health, and efficient training shall be
placed in our new high school building,
and likewise in the other buildings. It is
my determination to thoroughly equip
our schools in all departments and place
the requisite number of competent teach-
ers in charge.

From what our graduates have done
and from what inspectors say of our
schools I feel that we are in the front
rank of schools of this kind; but now I
appeal to the faculty and pupils and es-
pecially the class of 1911 and their
teachers, and I say that with our united
effort our schools shall continue to ad-
vance.

LEWIS E. BARNES.

“Pause a Moment and Look Down.”

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LITERATURE

“Literature, you must not die,

You came to us so readily,

You stayed with us so steadily,

Literature, you shall not die.”

LL that most deeply concerns man, all that reaches most pene-
tratingly to the roots of being, is recorded, so far as humanity
has been able to give to it expression, in art. Of all art, litera-
ture is perhaps the most universally intelligible ; or, if not that,
it is at least the most positively intelligible.”

Entering High School in 1906, we found that there were certain subjects
in the high school course which were elective. We were given our choice of
language, Latin or German, but Literature was not on the list of electives.
Later we came to realize that Literature or English is a subject, which is in-
dispensable to our future success.

In our first year we were delighted to find that our teacher was to be
Mr. Thompson. During our first eight years in school we had always respected
Mr. Thompson very highly, and now we were glad to get acquainted with
him as a teacher. We went at our work with an active mind, an active heart
and active hands. We studied our Rhetoric with great zeal, and read Shake-
speare’s “Merchant of Venice” and Scott’s “Ivanhoe,” with great pleasure.
We began to acquire a taste for classical Literature and longed to read the
works of other great writers.

In our Sophomore year our wishes were granted in more ways than one.
One of our greatest surprises was to find that our English teacher was to be
Miss Quinnell, who had been our Eighth grade teacher. We were all over-
joyed, for our class thought she was just right and was glad to have her for
our teacher again. We became very much interested and even excited,
while reading Macbeth. In reading this drama, it gave us a lesson that we
must be ambitious and energetic, but one must not have over-powering ambi-
tion. Then we became acquainted with Milton. When we were younger we had
always thought of Milton’s works as “dry,” but now we learned to appreciate
the beauties of his works. We never tired of reading and discussing his beautiful
pictures, portrayed in his poems. Our year’s success we shall attribute to
Miss Quinnell. We certainly thank her for the kindness and patience which
she had while teaching this michievous class. We will always hold a warm
place in our hearts for her and remember her as our loving friend.

Yes, it was in our Sophmore year that Bessie Banks represented our class

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at Hammond in the Oratorical Contest. We were proud of our contestant,
and her success has given great inspiration to other members of this class.
We finished our year’s work in good time and were well prepared to start our
Junior English.

Our Junior year opened up with great prospects. We studied American
Literature and read Shakespeare’s “Henry VIII,” and Hawthorne’s “House
of Seven Gables,” and Dicken’s “Tale of Two Cities.” We were delighted
with these books and were encouraged to read more classical works. This year
we were again represented at Hammond at the Oratorical Contest by George
Tabbert. This made us feel as though our class had great glories to achieve
in the future and we must keep up our good record. We were proud of our
contestant and we knew he was worthy of this honor. Mr. Thompson led
us through a very pleasant year in English, and prepared us to enter the
Senior year as strong English students.

In September, 1909, we entered Hobart High School for our final year.
And it has been a great success. We feel like our work has not been a failure,
but a good foundation for our future work. We took up English literature
this year. We also read Tennyson’s “Idylls of The King,” Thackeray’s
“Henry Esmond,” and Burke’s “Conciliation with America.” While studying
this speech, our class seemed to feel at home, for we thought we were quite
a noted class in oratory. We found it very interesting, for Mr. Thompson
could help us reason it out so thoroughly. “The age of oratory has not passed;
nor will it pass. The press, instead of displacing the orator, has given him a
larger audience and enabled him to do a more extended work. As long as
there are human rights to defend ; as long as there are great interests to be
guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long
will public speaking have its place. While oratorical ability has, at times,
manifested itself in several generations of one family,” it can be said that
oratorical ability has manifested itself in the “class of 1910.”

“There are several definitions of eloquence. Webster has declared that
it consists in the man, in the subject and the occasion. Without the man, the
subject and the occasion are valueless ; and it is also true that without a great
subject and pi’oper occasion, a man speaks without effect. The speaker, more-
over, is eloquent in proportion, as he knows what he is talking about and
means what he says. In other words, knowledge and earnestness are two of
the most important requisites of successful speaking.” Both of these have
been manifested in the orations given by the members of the class of 1910.

During this year we organized a Literary Society, with John Killigrew as
president. Edna Seydel secretary, George Tabbert vice-president. This society
gave several programs, consisting of music and recitations. But the things
of most interest were the debates. All those who heard them must acknowledge

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that they were worthy of praise. This year the oratorical honors were carried
off by the Juniors. The Juniors have a right to be proud of their contestant,
Carl Lennertz, for the whole High School thinks him worthy.

Another important feature this year was the High School play, “An In-
diana Man.” The play was repeated and was well attended. It proved to be
a great success.

But now it is time for us to leave. We can take Literature in H. T. H. S.
no more, for we must now be separated and each look forward to his future
success. For success it must be and success it will be. Look at our mottoes:
“Vincit, quie se vincit” (He conquers who conquers himself), and we are able
to conquer. “Heute abend, wir schleudern, wo werden wir anchoren?” (To-
night we launch, where shall we anchor!) It will be with each one of the class
having gained a victory.

We will not forget II. T. H. S. We will not forget our teachers. We have
expressed our gratitude to Miss Quinnell for her kindness, and now we thank
Mr. Thompson for his three years of patient labor with us. He has borne with
all our mischief, and now we certainly thank him and appreciate all he has
done for us.

Now the Seniors of the class of 1910, looking into the distance for great
labor, are ready to say farewell to Hobart High School. We wish to thank
our teachers and will always think of them as friends, working for our welfare.
We will hold loving memories of the II. T. Hi. S. for all years to come.

“Blessings be with them and eternal praise
Who gave us nobler loves and nobler cares,

The poets, who on earth have made us heirs
, Of truth and pure delight, by heavenly lays.”

ETHEL CROCKETT.

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

CLASS PROPHECY

IIOULD you ask me whence this knowledge,
Whence this brief but startling knowledge,

I repeat it as I heard it
From the lips of the wise Parcae,

They who rule the lives of mankind,

They who destine fates of mankind;

They have told me of my classmates,

Of the high and mighty Seniors :

One amidst the storm of battle,

Midst the roar and din of cannon,

Shall go and nurse the sick man
Raving with the fitful fever,

With the hot and raging fever;

She shall smooth the soldier’s pillow,

Bring him cool and sparkling water.

They shall call her the good angel.

Bless her with their grateful glances.

One shall guide the lady tourists,

Guide the young and pretty maidens,

Thru the rough, wild “Rocky Mountains,”
Help them over rushing brooklets,

Hold aside the low pine branches,

Lest they catch the golden tresses,

Of the young and pretty maidens.

One shall go into the dark land,

Africa, the great and unknown ;

She shall teach the heathens Latin,

From the morn until the sunset.

One shall go to foreign countries,

Smoke the peacepipe with the chieftains,

Of the future of my classmates,

Of the high and mighty Seniors,

I should answer, I should tell you,

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With the kings and queens of nations.
They shall honor and respect us,

Thru the one who represents us.

One shall reign in the dominion
Of a bright and happy household,

There she shall be loved and honored,
in her realm of gay domestics.

In the mighty courts of justice,

Ten years hence you’ll find one member
Judging men by laws of mercy,

Speaking to them words of wisdom.

One shall play Macbeth and Hamlet,

Play the roles in greatest dramas,

Play upon the world’s great stages.

To one her face shall be her fortune,

She shall pose for famous artists,

Pose with eyes upturned to heaven,

Or. cast down with bashful glances.

One shall be dancing instructor,

In the world-famed city, Ainsworth.

She shall teach the light fantastic,

The barn dance and dreamy waltzes,
Teach the country swains to two-step.
Skimming ’neath the tent’s white canvas,
Like the swallow in her movements.

One shall hold the vast crowds speechless
With her daring of performing,

On the swinging, swaying trapeze.

One shall be a beauty doctor,

Known for his great aids to beauty,

His cold creams and his massages.

And the women will flock to him,

His fame shall be universal.

In a great university,

One shall teach Domestic Science,

And her culinary talent

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Shall win her a Professor,

A Professor, grave and learned.

Thus henceforward she is best known
As the authoress of the volume*

“How to win a loving husband
Thru the simple art of cooking.”

One shall be a clairvoyant,

In thoughts among the stars she wanders,
Reading fortunes for her classmates,

And her own which soon will tell her,
That she shall reside in Fort Wayne.
Just one more distinguished member,

In my brilliant group of classmates,

And I waited with impatience
For the Parcae’s next decision.

“He shall be a great electrician,

Be a master of mechanics,

Throughout all civilized nations,

Honor and respect be due him.

They shall stand in awe and wonder,

As he controls mighty forces,

And invents new uses for them.”

Then I said unto the Parcae,

“Tell me now, oh, great and wise ones.
Tell me now of my own future.”

But they answered sadly, sadly,

“Listen, high and mighty Senior,

Thou hast been by far too curious,

Asked the fates of all your classmates,

Of all the “1910” Seniors;

Now your own shall remain unknown,

As a lesson that hereafter
Never tempt the Fates to tell you
Of things veiled by the future.”

Thus our interview was ended,

Thus I sadly then departed.

ELLWYN ROPER.

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

MONEY OR MEN

HE foundation of civil security, the progress of nations, depends
upon the character of the individual citizens. It is true character
and not money that makes the man, that gains for him the respect
of the people. The men who have possessed true, stern characters
have made the American nation supreme. But how often we find
others with no other object in life than the mere making of money, trampling
men down in order to upbuild their own fortunes. Every combination that
is organized for the purpose of monopolizing any of the necessitates of life
is a crime against humanity and will soon be so recognized.

Back in the Roman age tnere was a time when the people were helpless
to resist the extravagance of the aristocrats. Italy was in the hands of the
over-rich. Provinces were plundered and the ill-gotten wealth squandered. The
votes of senators, the decision of judges were sold as merchandise. Our
country today is in a similar state and yet we boast a civilized and educated
people. The question which confronts us is whether these men shall continue
to oppress their fellow men and the trusts continue to rob the people of their
needs. A guilty conscience ought to affect their continuance, but lo! the greed
for wealth is so great that they cannot perceive the terrible injustice they are
doing.

Looking out on life, a young man has these surroundings. He begins to
wonder if success can really be attained without brutal indifference to the
welfare of other human beings. He beholds the Sons of Labor and realizes
that

“It is their care in all the ages

To take the buffet and cushion the shock ;

It is their care that the gear engages;

It is their care that the switches lock ;

It is their care that the wheels run truly ;

It is their care to embark and entrain,

Tally, transport, and deliver duly
The Lords of Wealth by land and main.”

This is work worth while. This is success. Success varies with men. But
certainly no success is worthy that is attained at the expense of another man’s
happiness. He may review the life of Napoleon, who marched to glory over
the dead bodies of those who served him. In boyhood poor! In manhood an

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emperor with an unlimited ambition and dreams of conquest! But looking
forth over an unsympathetic sea from his prison island of St. Helena, he
surely saw that instead of the greatest success he was the most gigantic
failure in all history.

In America we have been fortunate in the character of our men in
history. Washington, whose statesmanship, courage and patience enabled the
colonists to cast oft' the rule of a king, had no ambition only to serve his fellow
countrymen. Through the war in his time, he was conspired against by men
who wished to rise above him. But the band of patriots were united to
fight for freedom and there was little chance for selfishness. Had he the
ambition of Napoleon, he might have accepted the crown that was within his
reach when the war was concluded. Lincoln’s life reveals to us the same
character, a desire to help his people.

We are proud we have men who possess the same ideas, but think of
the many others who would accept a Napoleon’s crown. Think of the many
who live the life of corruption, the promotors of slave traffic and those who
falsely possess our natural resources and the people’s needs through the power
of money. Is not this a moral wrong!

It has been over half a century since slavery hung over our land. We
have other forms of slavery today. In the fever-ridden swamps of Mississippi,
in the mining towns of Pennsylvania, are those who work in misery and filth.
Many die or are killed and maimed by unprotected machinery and a money
influence and dependent judiciary refuse relief. In the cotton mills infant
life is tortured, bought and sold. Over human life and happiness triumphs the
power of money. This is the question that faces our republic.

Boasting as we may that we are a nation of kings, that all men are born
free and equal, yet there is no doubt the average citizen has a deep and
abiding reverence for the man who has the most money. A reverence for Ihe
man who has a greater intellect or a better character would be more justifiable.
Even in the courts there is far more respect paid to a monied man than to his
associates. He is better fed and better taken care of than any of the others.
And, again, should a judge in court representing the whole American people,
show more deference to the wealthy criminal than to our ordinary burglar?
And yet the power of money seems to play such an important part. Why
should the Guggenheiins, or the Cunninghams, men who are robbing the peo-
ple of their rights, be allowed to continue? Such things shall not continue.
Our country shall not fall as those that fell in the days of old.

This great problem of the ill-use of money faces the young man of today.
Wake up! It is he that must find its solution. He himself might long for
wealth and riches. Let him not take an example from Napoleon in Euro-

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pean affairs. Study the lives of Lincoln and Washington who died as they
lived, friends to all humanity, and who rightly believed that it was a higher and
more important duty to serve their fellow men than to serve themselves; to
establish a true and honest character and go forth to face and conquer the
problems that will help mankind. We have Lincolns and Washingtons today
in our Roosevelt, Hughes, Folk and Linsley, whose abilities and characters
will long be emulated. These are the men of our best ideals. They do noble
things, not merely dreaming all day long.

“They do not preach that their God will rouse them
A little before the nuts work loose;

They do not teach that His pity allows them
To leave their work Avhenever they choose.

As in the thronged and lightened ways,

So in the dark and the desert they stand,

Wary and watchful all their days,

That their brethren’s days may be long in the land.’’

GEORGE TABBERT.

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Heard melodies are sweet but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore ye soft pipes play on,
Not to the sensual ear, but more endeared,
Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone.

“Rich, though poor,

My low-roofed cottage is this hour a heaven ;

Music is in it.”

HERE is, indeed, that in noble music, which makes the cottage
seem a heaven, which rebukes frivolity into silence, subdues ignoble
passions, soothes the heart’s sorrow and summons to the soul
high and holy thoughts.

Every member of the Hobart High School is urged to take
advantage of the instruction offered in its course in music. It is the opinion
of to-day that, although everyone has not exceptional musical ability, one
will be able to get more out of life if he has been trained to appreciate and
understand when he hears it, even if he is not capable of rendering the same.

Who is there that is not moved by music? The babe will cease its crying
at the sound of the mother’s voice crooning the soft lullaby; the weary and
foot-sore soldier on the long march hears with joy and quickened pace the roll
of the drum, beat by the little drumer boy ! the pain of the one in deepest
despair and grief, is lessened by the soothing strains of music ; and to the

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happy one, it will increase his joy. The power of taming the savage beast
has even been attributed to music.

At the beginning of the fall term, our chorus was reorganized with Miss
Mabel C. Monroe as instructress. In order that the students might become
more at home when appearing in public, a Literary Society was formed, and
although this was chiefly for oratory and debate, since “lightlier move the
minutes fledged with music,” each program contained several musical numbers.

The first appearance of any of the members of the chorus in public, was
on Oct. 31, at the evening session of the Lake County Teachers’ Association,
held at Hammond. On this occasion, the Junior and Senior octette sang two
numbers, “ Wiegenlied” and “Who Killed Cbck Robin.” These were well
received and more called for but as the octette was newly organized, they were
not able to respond.

On Nov. 24, our annual holiday recital for the public was rendered by the
entire chorus in the assembly room. By the large attendance at our recitals,
we are shown that the people of the community appreciate the high standard
of our music. The newly organized High School Orchestra made its first ap-
pearance before the public at this time and were encouraged by all present to
continue their efforts. Throughout the term they appeared at several of the
High School doings.

The next appearance of the chorus was in response to the annual invita-
tion tendered us by the Farmers’ Institute. At this time the trio-girls also
sang several of their favorite selections, which met with the usual enthusiasm,
for the trio-girls are always given a warm welcome whenever they appear. At
the High School play, they gave, as their final encore, a very original and
appropriate parody on the “Nursery Rhymes,” which was composed by Miss
Isa Bullock, ’ll, one of the trio-girls.

Our local Oratorical Contest was held on March 24, and on this occasion
we sang the two choruses which we afterwards sang at Hammond in the Lake
County Contest. These were “Unfold Ye Portals,” from the “Redemption,”
by Gounod and “Gipsy Life,” by Schumann.

At the Lake County Contest, held at Hammond on the night of April 15.
we, as a High School Chorus, made our last appearance. Although we had
worked hard in the previous two years and felt that we merited some reward,
we were disappointed. This disappointment had dampened our enthusiasm
somewhat but not our determination to do our best, for we felt that although
we had not received the banner, the other contesting schools recognized the
standard of our music. We were the last, chorus on the program, and after
hearing the other choruses sing, we gained confidence in our ability. And
we must have sung well, for we won two 100’s — a mark which no other school

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received. But, alas, the markings showed great variation ! One judge saw
fit to mark us fifth and thus spoil our chance for the banner.

But the Hobart Chorus has always had the reputation of being courteous
toward their fellow competitors, no matter what the decision of the judges.

The “1910” Seniors have appeared for the last time as members of the
Hobart Chorus, but our interest still remains with those who fill our places.
We wish them the best of success in their work and hope to see the day in
the near future when they will carry home the long-wished-for banner.

Throughout the year, in connection with the chorus work, we studied the
lives and works of the composers. Essays were also written on Schumann,
Grieg and Gounod.

To Miss Ethel Crockett, we offer our sincere thanks for her faithfulness
as our accompanist. Never impatient, she was always at her post. Certainly
in future years, one of the most vivid pictures of our High School days will
be Ethel seated at the piano, patiently waiting for the basses to get down to
business.

The credit for all success we may have achieved is due Miss Monroe as
she has been our only instructor. We wish to express our gratitude for the
many hours she has spent with us, both in and out of school time, endeavoring
to help us.

And now the Seniors are looking forward to their Class Day when they
will bid farewell to the teachers and school in the words of their class song.

ELLWYN ROPER.

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Uncle Silas at the Track Meet

ELLO thar Hiram! Ilaow be yew tew day? Wot em I dressed up
fer? Naow thet is a grait quesehun fer yew tew axe. Why Ive
bin daown tew taown tew day an say Hiram yew shood hev bin
along. Why I bed the all firedest time yew iver saw. War wuz
I ? W' al Hiram seeing ez yewr so presumpshus an inquirin I don
mind tellin yew thet I bin tew a trak meet. Wot! Yew don no wot a trak
meet is. Wal I em seeprised. Naow Hiram yew sit rite daon heer on this ole
eraker box an I ’ll tell yew wot a trak meet be like. By Joks ! thim ari fine
things. Why they dew hev a eaonty fair beet abaot a sity blok an thet air
goin sum.

Wal ez I wuz sayin, seein ez I’m gittin old perty fast an wont last much
lawnger I thawt I wood lay awf frum plaowin tew day an go tew taon an see
my bye Jake an his farnbly. Wal Sir I went an Jake he met me et the train
with his autymobeel. Wal naow! I didnt like the looks o’ thet air contrep-
shin a leetl bit, but I wuznt a goin tew sho the wite fither no haow so I elum
in, eeven if shee did smel o binzeen so much ez tew almos thraow up my heels
I wuz so sik.

Wal efter abaot the fastest hair raisin bronco ride yew iver saw we got
tew Jake’s haouse an By Joks! yew orter seen me slip and slid ontew them air
slickery fiawrs thim sity foks dew hev. Wal arter awl the han shakin over we awl
go in tew dinner, an et wuz et dinner whar I furs hears o’ thet trak meet. Jakes
oldest bye Frankie wuz er tellin hiz paw erbaot the trak meet the Hie Seewl
wuz a goin tew hev thet arter newn. An wen he got dun tellin wot et wuz
tew me, fer I’m uv an inquirin nacher eny haow, I hed my mind sot awn
taikin in thet erfair. An wen I wunss gits my mind sot on doin a thing nuthin
kin stop me nuther.

So efter dinner Jake’s bye Frankie taiks mee in hand an we stairt awf fer
the trak meet. \Y al we gos doan taown tew kech a buss fer the rais trak
whai thai wuz a goin tew pull thet affair awf an wile we wuz standin awn
the corner waitin fer the buss, I seen a bunch o yung byes cum traipsin alawng
wi thar pants roled perty nie up tew thair nees an thai hed sum soks awn thet
mie bool wood hev ehaist a mile. Thai awl hed sum purpl flags with yaller
letters on em wot sez Hobart Hie Seewl. Then sum leetl feller stairts tew
yell. RA ! RA ! RA ! HOBER I ! an then thai awl stairts tew waiv thim yaller
flags an by Joks it maid me feel fine an it maiks me think o the times we
yoost tew hev et Sprasstaown wen we awl yoost tew turn aot on the Faorth
0 July an eet paop caorn an drink red lemonaid.

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Wal perty sewn thet buss cum and we awl piled in an went aout tew the
raiss trak, an aout thair wee seen sum mawr byes with yaller an perpl flags. An
the Hie Scewl gurls whar thair tew Hiram, an By ! Joks ! I niver seen a bunch

0 pertyer gurls afowr in awl my born dais. Wy Hiram! thai wood hev took
the furst prize et a caounty fair, an thets no lie nuther.

Wal I stairted tew gaiz araoun an I swan ! wot dew yew spos I saw? Wal,
sir, awn the tuther side o thet trak thar wuz sum yung bye runnin araoun like
he wuz eraizi an thar wuz sum wun els with him too hed a blanket, ez if he
wuz a holdin it fer thet ulher bye, an I jumps up an yells, “Thet’s rite, yung
man, thraow thet blanket on him,” fer thet bye wuz a runnin araoun looss an
he wuznt heff dressed. No, Siree! Awl he hed aw T n wuz a leetl pair o’ short
wite pants and a leetl blew shurt. I turns tew Frank an I sez, sez I, “Hoo is
thet mainiak araoun thar heff dressed?” “Wy,” sez Frank, don yew no hoo
thet iz? Thet iz Waulus Wotson, the best sprintur in the caounty. Wols he
doin? Wy hes jist practisin fer the raisses, lies jist kind o limberin up.”
“Naow,” I sez tew Frank, ‘‘Wen I wuz a bye if we wonted tew limber up
we hed tew go tew the wood pile an we got awl we needed, an if we didnt
get bisy enuf et thet wood pile aor dad wood cum aout with a big hikery club
an we wood git sum mawr limberin up. If eny uf us byes hed went runnin
a raoun like thet thai wood hev up an poot uss in a craizy hoaouse.”

An if I wood o hed my wai thet bye wood hev bin loked up rite then an
thar. The idee uf thet feller hevin the nurv tew cum aout in frunt o good
respecable peepl with thet kind of a rig awn. Wen I think of it naow it jest
maiks my blood byle. But by ! Jocks ! thim peepl seemd tew like it, fer ivery
time thet mainiak run a few steps thai wood up an cheer like the vairy dewss.

1 didnt see no senss tew thet nuther an I wuz a wishin I hed my cuarter bak.
An then tew top the hoi afair awf, heer cum a hul bunch of byes runnin aout
uv a tent thai hed thar. An thai awl hed awn then scairss close, tew. Thar
wuz big fellers, leetl fellers, fat fellers, an skinny fellers, an thai did shock me
a hull lot. But thim peepl stairted tew cheer sum mawr. Seems tew me thai
wuznt vairy modest et awl. ,

Wal thai all hopped araoun a leetl bit wen all tew wunse sum man in
respecabl close hollerd ‘‘all aout fer the hundrid yaird dash” an then a hole
bunch o thin clad boys gos traipsin daown the raise trak an thet leetl feller
he gos rite along an he wuznt afraid o them big boys et all. Thai wawkt
daoun thet trak fer abaout twenty raods I shud jege, wen all tew wuns thai
all stopt an gethered in a bunch an I thawt thair wuz a goin to be a scrap
shure, so I stairts tew beet it daoun the trak as fast es I cood run, fer I wuznt
a goin tew stan by an see thet leetl feller git beet up by the rest of thet bunch
o thugs. But jist then sum budy yeld ‘‘git awf the trak yew igit” an sum
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oft' thet trak a hole lot fasturn I cum awn, an I filt perty mad abaout it tew,
an thet man kin thank his luky stars he wuz so big, er I wood o went in and
wiped up the graound with him.

Perty sewn I looks up the trak agin an thair wuz them boys digin leetl
hols in the graound with sum stiks wut thai had, an et furst I thawt mebe thai
wuz pokin araoun fer snakes er gofers. But perty sown thai all put thair feet
in thim leetl hols an then thai wood giv a leetl hop an be awai quikern yew
cood sai scat. Et furst 1 coodnt maik aout wut thim hols wuz fur but Frank
sez thai wuz so the boys cood git a good stairt fer the raiss. So thet wuz wut
all thet grait fiddlin wuz fer, thai wuz a goin tew pull awf a raiss. Win I
faoun thet aout I begun tew sit up an taik notis fer T alwas did like raissin of
eny kin. Thin the big feller thet throo me offin the trak cums alawng an gos
up tew wair the boys hed dug thim hols, an he sez tew thim boys “Git awn
yewr marks,” an then wot dew yew spose he did? The laow daoun cawered
wauks tew wair the boys hed dug thim hols behine thet bunch o boys an pulls
a gun, yessiree a real shootin iron outin his poket.

My but I was scairt fer thim boys, an thai didnt no a thing abaout it
seein ez thai wuz lookin rite strait daoun the trak. Naow Hiram if I hed a
bin wun o them boys an he hed pooled a gun on me like thet I wood hev
wauked up tew him an hit him on the jaw so haird he woodnt hav non war
he wuz et. Jist ez I wuz a goin tew step in an maik a fracas I sees he wusnt
a goin tew shoot them boys et all, fer he had thet gun poynted up in the air,
an I thawt thet he wuz jist a testin thim tew see if thia wuz gun shy. An sai
thet W otsun wuz sertinly gun shy, fer et about the saim time ez thet man
pulled the trigger thet boy jumped aout o thim holes o hisn quikern yew cood
sai scat, an he stairts tew run like the vairy blaizes; I wuz jist a goin ter holer
‘ ‘ fer shame ’ ’ at him wen I recalecs it wuz a rais an thet the gun wuz tew
stairt thim awf so then I stairts tew taik notiss.

Say ! Hiram yew shood hev seen thet yunker run. By Gee it sertnly wuz
a site fer sawr eys. He led the rest o thet bunch abaout ten yairds, an haow
he did cum. I stairts tew waiv-my arms an yells et the top o my voyss, “Cum
on yew lettle brat cum on,” an awl the wile he wuz comin an cumin like blaizes
tew. Them other fellers wuz a tryin thair hairdest tew kech him but thai
didnt hev no sho et all. The hairder thim hoys wood try tew kech him the
faster he wood go, til et last I’ll bait he wuz a goin a mile a minet.

I wuz rite neer the finish line an he went by mee like a streek o greest
litnin tew whar sum men wuz holdin a peess o’ string across the trak. An
et the rait thet boy wer a goin thai didnt hev no chanss tew staop him with
thet peese o twine ez thin as thet wuz. Why if thet hed a bin me Hiram I
wood hev strecht a lowg chain across if I wuz a goin tew try tew staop him,

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an by Jocks! es fast es he wuz a goin I’ll bait a good haus he wood hev a
busted thet.

Wal he jis rammed intew thet air string jist as if he were a goin tew eat
her up. Then som feller thros a blangket on him an then every budy cheerd
an then thai turns araound tew woch thim air uther boys thet hed bin racin
with him cum in an then thai threw blangkets on thim tew tho I didnt see no
sense in thet nuther. Then sum feller cums up with a big tin haorn an hollers
“Wotsun wins the hundrid yaird dash, time, ten and tew fifhs secons.” An
every body cheers sum more an I cheerd tew.

Wall, sir, Iliram, arter I gits home I takes a pensil an paiper an tigers it
aout thet thet boy hed bin a goin et the rait of abaout ten yairds a secon an
I thawt thet wuz sertainly a goin sum.

But thar wuz sum mawr seeprises fer me yit afore the dai wuz dun. I
wuz a waukin araoun seein every thing I cood, fer I wanted tew syurely git
my munys worth, wen all tew wuns I heerd sum feller yell, “All aout fer the
pole vawlt. ” Naow I wundered wut a pole vawlt wuz, fer I hed seen stone
vawlts an brik vawlts an the iren vawlts wot thai dew hev in the banks over
et aour caonty seet, but I ner seen no pole vawlts. Naow lissen an I’ll tell
yew wot thai be. Thai took a lettle stick abaout an inch throo an put it abaout
six er ait feet up in the air I shood jege on the top of tew bigger stiks, an the
pesky thing wood kep a fawlin awf all the time caus it wuz so windy.

But et last the tew men thet wer fixin it up got her tew stai gewd enuf
tew sewt, an heer cums the funy pairt o it. All tew wunss wun o thim boys
piks up a long pole, it lookd tew me like a big speer, fer it hed a iren pint on
wun end o it and he grabs hold o thet air thing an stairts tew run rite fer
thim men how hed fixed up thet leetle stik. My! but I was scat; thet feller
hed gawn craisy and wuz a goin tew kill them tew men with thet speer o his’n.
I stairted tew run but nobudy els did; ner did them tew men fer thai jist
stood thar and didn’t seem tew mind it at all thet that maniac wuz a goin tew
kill them. Wal; seein nobudy didn’t seem tew mind him I cum bale tew see
the slawter. Wen I jist about maid up my mind thet them tew men wuz jist
abaout dun fer, thet yung feller givs thet speer a jab in the graound an he
gaiv wun big jump an by the grait horn spewn if he didnt hop cleen over thet
stik awai up thar in the air, an come daown agin ontuther side. An gracious
how them people did yel, an I yeld tew fer I wuz glad thet the yung boy
changed his mind an jabbed thet speer in tew the graound insted o strikin
into them tew men.

Wal som more boys thai cum an went throo the saim performinss an
perty sewn I cawt on thet them boys wuznt a tryin tew stab them tew men
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thar so hie. Wal thet maid me feel a grait deel better, seein ez how nobody
wuz agoin tew git killd so I staid araoun wochin them boys jump with thet
speer ; but evry time them boys went over withaout kikin thet thing awf them
tew men wood rais it all the hier. Now thet maid me mad an I wuz wishin
the boy hed speerd em arter all, fer thet wuznt fair. Them boys tryn so haird
tew git ovr an them tew fellers raisin it hier so thet thai wood miss, no siree
thet didnt look fair tew me ; but then maibe I didnt no the rools very well, I
dunno.

Arter I hed seen awl the byes run sum mawr raisses, an dew sum mawr
jumpin, an seen the byes a throin the iren bawls araond ansum leetl thing wot
lookt like a euple o saussers put tew gether: an sai, thar wuz a bye thair thet
cood tliraow thet thing like every thing, his naim wuz Bush, no twuz Tree, an
I bait he threw thet thing abaout a mile, mawr or less. He shoor wuz a kraker
jak. Wal thai pooled awf sum mawr stunts, but twuz gettin perty dairk, an
I thawt ef I didnt get tew hum sewn Mirandy wood be worried, an I don see
no senss tew thet nuther; but I awlwuz sed wimmin wuz pecyular.

So I took Frank an the both of uss lef thet meet behine, awltho Frank
did kik like everything. But the nex time thai hev wun o thim trek meets
I’ll be thar with bells awn; fer thai wer shoor exitin, even if thim byes did
shok me a leetl et first with thim scarss close o’thairn.

JOHN KILLIGREW.

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The Aurora:

Few civilians recognize the fact that the navy is a school and that a school spirit
prevails which is equal to that of most schools and colleges.

Nine hundred men brought in close proximity by a life more or less excluded, become
a unit, with one object — to make the ship the best in her class.

Competition between ships runs high, from target practise to coaling. Men realize
what the daily lessons mean when attached to the guns which yearly break the world’s
records in target practise, but the desire to make their ship best steadies the hands which
keep the gun on the mark and enables men to lift three hundred pound shells as if they were
toys. Solid muscle would never give men the strength to put on seemingly impossible
amounts of coal if the school spirit were lacking. Athletics are seldom more keenly com-
peted in, and old men and boys unable to take an active part, stand by and root for the
ship whose name they wear on their caps and wear proudly.

School spirit aboard ship; absence of individualism and the cooperation of the men to
better the proficiency of their ship render our navy not the largest but the best navy in
the world. GILBERT BULLOCK,

U. S. S. Louisiana.

Anaconda, Montana.

Dear Classmates and Fellow Alumni:

I view with pleasure this opportunity of communicating with you through the medium
of the “Aurora.” I earnestly hope the class of ’01 will do its share and contribute to
this publication whenever called upon to do so, for this undertaking of our successors is.

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I believe, very worthy of our support and co-operation. 1 trust it will be a permanent
feature of the work of every succeeding class of Hobart Township High School.

As for me, my commencement dates nine years ago and for the past nine years I have
beheld aghast the shrinking of my cranbiin from its seemingly enlarged condition on
commencement morning due to the cramming administered by the dear Professors Thomp-
son, Hardesty and Curtis. It seems the term “commencement” has fitly applied to me.
The more of life I see the less I know. I feel that 1 am only now getting started.

I am at the present time employed in the Engineering Department of The Anaconda
Copper Mining Company at their smelter located here, which boasts of being the largest
copper smelter in the world. This city has a population of twelve thousand, and is sit-
uated in the highest extremity of a mountain valley in the Northern Rockies, at an eleva-
tion of fifty-four hundred feet above sea level. And so in facing blizzards and climbing
mountains my life is adventurous enough. The sulphurous fumes from the blast furnaces
often transport me in my memory to the chemical laboratory at Hobart where Professor
Curtis tried to instill within our thick skulls that “ ‘ic’ acids make ‘ate’ salts.” In my
office work I am constantly reminded of the theorem: “A straight line is the shortest

distance between two points,” which our patient Professor Thompson tried to point out
to us, and which was further evidenced in point in that old brown-covered book. Such
were (fur troubles then, but most of us have found that our real troubles in the course
of life begin on our commencement day, although our classes in Geometry meet no more.

How I came to go west is hard to tell, but lest there be any reports to the contrary,
my reasons were purely of a business nature and not the kind which prompted one of
our fair Alumni in this direction in a quest which resulted so successfully. Prom last re-
ports I hear they are living happily. 1 would say to those members of the Alumni who
feel that they cannot, singly, render any service to humanity, “Go west.”

In closing I express the hope of seeing most of you at some future Alumni gathering,
when I, for one, would like to meet the representatives of service. With wishes of long
life to our Alma Mater and a rendition of thanks on my part, to our worthy teachers
for their patience and kindness in their work with us, I remain,

Sincerely,

JOSEPH B. JOHNSON.

To the Aurora:

For the Alumni to feel that they are not forgotten is one thing, but for the active
members of the High School to give the “has beens” a chance to be heard again is an
other, and one that they sppreciate. Those who have graduated always look back to their
High School with a great deal of interest. They feel well pleased with its progress, rejoice
in its victories, and, although, perhaps not so vitally interested in the meets and con
tests, they like to see its reputation maintained and its standard remain unlowered.

A good many of the alumni have gone on in their pursuit of knowledge. It is not
of these that I wish to talk, but to those who have not done so, and especially to the
graduates of this year and next.

The University is the next logical place of learning. The High School prepares you
tor that and if you do your work in a satisfactory manner you will have no trouble later
on. But don’t be misled. I remember I was told, just before entering college, that “It
was no trick to pass— everybody did.” Well, that may have been true half a dozen
years ago, but the Universities have been advancing along with most every thing else and
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strong, that, I think, worked along the old line. After the final exam., it was found that
one-third of the class “flunked” outright, one-third were conditioned and the remainder
passed. It is only fair to add though, that this was one of the hardest courses in the
Law School.

The examinations used to be only one hour long and came usually at the last meet-
ing of the class. During 1908 this system was changed, so we now have the last week
of the term devoted to “exams” exclusively, they being three hours long and in suppo-
sition cover the whole work gone over during the term. And by the way, there is a
strict watch kept to see that no “ponies are ridden,” the consequences are very serious
to those who are caught. In some departments, the honor system is in vogue and the
students deal with the cheater in person, but he is quite rare.

I don't care particularly to advertise Indiana University, but it is a fair example of
the rest. We have son e two thousand students, and the advantage of making friends
and acquaintances among these, is no small item. All phases of college life are present —
the athletic in all its branches, the social, the religious, and the intellectual; perhaps
of most interest to some in the order named, but not so to all. The rivalry between
classes is keen, yet good-natured, and continues from the Freshman “scrap” till gradu
ation, and is one of the fruitful sources of the old 1. U. spirit.

In every manner the University opens the doors and smooths the way. There is no
tuition at I. U.; it has employment bureaus for those who need work, organizations of all
kinds exist to further the various interests. You can become a lawyer, physician, jour-
nalist, chemist — in fact almost anything except a civil or electrical engineer and their
kindred. There are diversions of all kinds for the students after their work is over,
socials, dances, entertainments, tennis, driving, et cetera.

I could go on for pages in enumerating the various facts abdut the different things
I have spoken of, but the space is limited and the best and n ost satisfactory way is for
all of you who possibly can, to enter “Indiana” or some equally good institution. I
assure you, words illy describe the advantages and benefits derived.

CECIL R. PETERSON,

11. T. II. S. ’07,

Indiana ’ll.

New York City, New York,

March 15, 1910.

To the Hobart Township High School and especially the graduating class of 1910:

At the request of my sister Edna, I am glad to add some material from an alumnus
for your annual.

There have been many changes in the school’s affairs since the graduation of my
class in 1892; principally the larger school, the additions to the studies covered in the
present courses, the more attention to thoroughness and detail in the entire High School
work, and particularly the very vast improvement for the comfort and encouragement
of those students whose homes are distant from the school itself.

During my attendance, I covered the distance from my home at East Gary each
day with my own horse and cart and when the roads were very bad, which condition
existed quite frequently then, especially during the late winter and early spring months,
on horseback or on foot across lots. During the cold winter months all of these were
accompanied with much uncomfortableness and often intense pain.

At present your Township offiicials provide a pleasant and comfortable omnibus

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which makes the trip regularly and without expense to the student and in which protec-
tion is had from the cold, wind, rain, etc. This encourages a larger and more regular
attendance and much appreciation is due your Township officials for its maintainance.

Since leaving the school, I have been engaged in financial work in our two largest
cities; first upon the Chicago Stock Exchange and for several years past in Wall street.
For the benefit of some of the present graduating class who may be contemplating becom-
ing a part of a large city’s population, I wish to say that, in my opinion the tendency
of the past of deserting the farm and smaller towns for the larger cities is gradually
reversing itself and that the tendency of the future is decidedly in the opposite direction;
uamely, of leaving the larger cities for the farms and smaller towns.

I remember how anxious I was to complete my school work; being anxious to get to
the larger city, also feeling that there the greater opportunities were offered.

While much can be said in favor of the advantages thus to be had in the larger
cities, I now feel quite certain that by far the greater advantages, comforts, etc., are
available in the country and the smaller towns and am at present anxiously preparing
a home in the country for myself and family and will soon leave city life behind. 1
also feel that in the country can only be had the natural and wholesome home life and
comforts, and the proper surroundings for the proper mental and physical development
and health of the children.

With this in view, I am at present attending a course of practical lectures at Colum-
bia on Economic Agriculture, and will take the regular agriculture course at Cornell
University later.

I join in very best wishes for much prosperity and success to you all.

Very sincerely,

L. VICTOR SEYDEL.

To the Editors of the 1910 Aurora:

The very fact that the members of the Hobart High School are able to publish an
annual year book is but one proof of your progress, and we, alumni of several years,
begin already to feel as strangers.

At present, I am attending DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana. It is now
that I realize how much our High School means to me and its high standard and how
efficient are our professors. This is shown each year by the deficient entrance require-
ments of many students who come from other High Schools all over the State.

There is one plea that I would like to make, and that is that more of our graduates
continue their education in higher institutions of learning. In this day and age we
feel more and more the need of college preparation for our life’s work.

Now, to the class of “1910,” let me say: I shall be glad to welcome any of your
members to De Pauw next year — the school which I am proud of claiming and which our
senior senator, Mr. Beveridge — -one of our noted alumni — says is one of the best under-
graduate schools in the West.

Wishing you all success for your book, I am loyally,

EUNICE ROPER, H. T. H. S., >07

D. P. U. ’ll

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MELODY

HE dreamy stillness of twilight brooded over shore and lake; the
shadows of the forest were darkening and the outline of the op-
posite shore was growing dim. The air was soft and balmy,
moistened with the hint of falling dew. There was a lull in the
activities of our camp— later there might be camp fires and rollick-
ing college songs' — but, now there was quiet. We were lounging in front of
our tents, fully enjoying the refreshing coolness of the evening which is so
welcome at the close of a hot. sultry day.

The attention of our party seemed to be centered upon an approaching
figure, trudging wearily along the dusty highway around the bend in the lake.
He came onward with lowered head, but perceiving our camp, he stopped and
half turned as if to retrace his steps. Then he came on, and, much to our
surprise, turned into the winding path which led up to our tents.

Beneath his arm he carried a bundle wrapped in a faded silk cover. Here
was diversion! We regarded him curiously and wagered with one another
as to the contents of his bundle. With signs of great exhaustion he approached
and timidly asked for food. He raised his tattered hat, revealing a mass of
dark, curling ringlets of hair and a pair of black, searching eyes.

Motherly Aunt Martha could not resist the appeal in the frank, boyish
face. She bade him sit down and rest while she hurried into the cooking
tent where she fixed up a lunch such as one would be able to prepare in a
camp ; she then sat down beside him while he ate, talking to him to cover his
embarrassment. Later she drew him into our circle. With rest and refresh-
ment he had thrown off the old drawn expression from his face and we were
surprised to find that he was a mere boy.

We were a company of young people and, as might be expected, our
curiosity was aroused. We encouraged him to talk, drawing from him the
story of his life, which he told in a simple and appealing manner. It was
just another story of life’s many tragedies. His mother had been a great
lover of music and had fallen in love with a great musician. She was young
and beautiful and had loved her Italian sweetheart passionately. At this time
he had a good position and prospects of a brilliant career in his chosen work;
but her father, a stern man of the business world, bade her renounce him.
Because she would not bend to her father’s will, he disowned her and closed
upon her the doors of her childhood home.

She married her lover, and those were days of love and dreams; days
which brought success to her husband and happiness to herself, and to their
home the baby boy with his father’s curly hair and black eyes and his mother’s
sweet and joyous disposition.

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The lad paused here in the narrative. The stillness was tense. Each was
fearing that he would not resume the story. But he began again in his quiet
way: “I am thinking this will not interest you. My father was taken ill and
only recovered after a slow, lingering siege of fever. Ilis position was gone
and also the little hoard of money he had saved. We were very poor and
my mother could not stand the struggle with poverty. She was not used to
it and she died. 1 scarcely remember her. I recall the long, lonesome even-
ings that followed when my father would play for me while he told me of
my young and beautiful mother. Sometimes he would say she was speaking
to him. though I could not understand. Then he would put the violin into
my hands and teach me to play upon it. But even this came to an end. He
left me this.”

He drew forth from the faded silk cover an old violin. “Father called
it ‘Melody,’ and he told me to take it and never give it up. 1 love Melody.’
It’s all I’ve got.”

And. following a sudden impulse, he arose and tucked it lovingly beneath
his chin, and drew the bow lightly across the strings to see if it was in tune.
Then into the stillness of the night he sent his song — a song now of sorrow,
now of hope. The strains were low, trembling and plaintive, and they carried
us back into the life of the youth.

We saw the dark clouds of sickness and poverty settling down on the
happy family, and when they lifted, the beautiful mother was gone. We could
see the despairing father clinging to life for the boy’s sake; and instilling in
him his old passionate love for the old violin. Then we pictured the last sad
hours and his lingering words of love as he entrusted his treasured “Melody”
to his little son. The music vibrated, the tones grew stronger and richer and
we felt the power of the lad’s ambition to throw aside all barriers and make a
place for himself in the world. Full of confidence and hope he sent his tones
out into the night until the woods around vibrated with them. Then they
changed and sank into sweet and peaceful harmony with the rustling of the
night breeze and the twinkling of the stars. We sank back and. as the last
tone trembled and died away, an inexplainable something seemed to say,
“After all, all is well.”

We sat silent. Then from across the lake came the mournful cry of a
hoot owl. We came back to reality with a start. Twilight was over. It was
night. There was not one of us but lay awake that night thinking of a great
future for the lad. In the morning he was gone. He had slipped away in the
early hours.

Never since have I sat musing in a tranquil twilight, but those haunting
strains come back to me, and across the curtain of my memory falls a hazy
vision of the upturned face of the lad, and of his beloved “Melody.”

KLLWYN ROPER.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA

A. Athena — Goddess of Wisdom.

Athenian — Full of Wit and Wisdom.

Alexander — Son of Philip of Macedon ; little known in the H. T. H. S.

B. Bessie Banks — A very quiet and shy young lady in the Hobart High School.
Broke — A disease brought on by an empty pocketbook, usually found about

Commencement time.

0. Cram — A verb ; necessary and indispensable to modern educational history.

Literally, to cram is to force the sponge-like tissues of the brain to
take up the greatest amount of dry saw-dust material in an infin-
itesimal portion of time. In other words, it is to prepare for a history,
or any other kind of a test.

D. Debating Societies— Institutions teaching the art of arguing. Introduced

by the faculty as an instrument of torture for the Freshmen.

E. Easy — Something which the faculty say our studies are, but which every

high school student does not believe.

Empty — to be void of anything. The state of a Freshman’s head.

F. Foot -ball — The sport of the Titans.

Flunk — A frequentive dunk may be divided into four divisions, Seniors,
Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen. To dunk is to the Seniors a
privilege; to the Juniors a habit; to the Sophomores a natural conse-
quence and to the Freshmen a terrific quaking of the heart.

G. Girls — An unknown quantity. Many fellows persist, however, in trying

to solve the unsol vable.

Grind — A verb, to dig in an unworldly manner.

H. Henry Harms — The orator of the Senior Class.

Holiday — An oasis in a desert. It is a drop of water to a parched tongue.

1. Ink — Sometimes seen on Lydia’s dress.

J. Jay — See under Rueben.

K. Killigr ew, John — The poet of the Senior Class.

Kick — To forcefully impel by the upward movement of the foot. To
protest.

L. Lemon — See STUNG.

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M. Man — Edna’s chief delight. College man, a sort of God worshipped by

High School Girls.

Mollycoddle — A mild-mannered man who selects for his most strenuous
sports, croquet, ping pong, and tiddledy winks.

N. Neef, Mildred — One of the Basket Ball Girls.

O. Oh ! — The beginning of all of Royal ’s recitations.

P’s-Q’s. Unlearned rules which have to be mended.

R. Resolved — The beginning of every debate that has been given in the High

School. There is a movement on foot to abolish this word so that
there can be no more debates.

Rueben — See Jay.

S. Swanson, Beth — The poetess of the Senior Class.

Sugar — An expression of the Senior Girls to tell how sweet anything they
relate to is.

Stung — When you are left in the lurch.

T. Tabbert, George ; Traeger, Willie ; Tree, George — Three of Hobart ’s promis-

ing athletes.

Teacher— The only serious drawback to High School life. The embodiment
of inquisitiveness. A person possessed of the fiendish gift of asking
unpleasant questions. An evil to be avoided by lovers of leisure.

U. Umbrella — An article in contrast to Jenny’s, and resemblance to Edna’s

hats.

Uncle — A wealthy relative of some of the Seniors who are thinking of
falling heir to some of his plentiful cash.

U Know it Kid — A favorite expression of one of the Senior Girls.

V. Virginia — One of the United States.

Vinegar — A sure test for mumps.

W. Wait — One of Grace’s favorite expressions.

Water — For analysis take a course in chemistry some place. For practical
knowledge consult a milkman.

X. Y. Z. Last letters of the alphabet. These seem to have little use except to

put in Algebra and Geometry to worry High School students.

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F there is any one in the High School who does not think a Senior
the finest thing on earth, you may be sure that he is merely
jealous because he himself is not a Senior. And why should not
a Senior be proud? He has passed through the childish days of
Freshmanhood, when his greatest delight was to lug a great pile
of books around with him ; he has experienced the pleasures and troubles of
the Sophomore year, when the boys delight in rolling their trousers several
inches above the ankles, and the girls are overcome with joy because they
are old enough to wear long dresses; he has finished his year as a love-sick
Junior, and with all his three (or more) years’ experience has at last come
to the glorious and dignified position of the scholarly and studious Senior.

The Senior’s greatest delight is to study (some of our teachers may doubt
this). But aside from a Senior’s attainments, what does he like best? We can
safely say his social affairs, for though Seniors are so very, very busy, they
do not neglect these functions. When our class first entered High School we
intended to be a great success socially as well as intellectually, and we have
kept our word, for we are lively Seniors.

The Faculty entertained the entire High School Feb. 14. 1908, at the
Odd Fellow’s Hall. Being Valentine’s Day, “Hearts” were the chief premiums

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and we had candy hearts, paper hearts and all sorts of hearts. Many very
interesting games were played, and especially one which every one enjoyed
was when the lights were extinguished, and the boys were very busy for a
short time trying to find his particular girl in the dark, and finding her,
gave his heart to her, while she, in return, passed the mitten, but no tears
were shed about it, for it was all a joke. As the evening prolonged, delicious
refreshments were served and many thanks are due the Faculty for the
pleasant evening which we all spent together. Cupid was very busy all
the time with his bow and arrow and many hearts were pierced by his darts,
but we all departed feeling we had passed an evening long to be remembered
as we look over the jollity of our school days.

Then the Oratorical Contest was held March 27, 1908, and after that the
parties came thick and fast. Miss Bessie Banks, of our class, won first prize,
so a party was given in her honor and all the Sophomores and faculty were
present.

Our class liked to surprise or be surprised, as the case may be, so we
planned a surprise party on Miss Gish at the home of Miss Ellwyn Roper.
We all gathered there and awaited for the arrival of Miss Gish, whom we
intended to surprise, when the door softly opened and we were surprised by
her, so the joke was on us. But just the same we all had a lovely time. Noth-
ing serious happened that evening, but one of the teachers mysteriously dis-
appeared, but we found her the next morning at her usual place.

At first Mr. Zaugg was rather lonely and blue, so we called upon him
one evening at the home of Rev. Kuonen and gave him a great surprise (or at
least we thought we did), and a very pleasant evening was spent in games.
In the course of the evening Mr. Zaugg proposed in “Deutsch,” to Mildred so
the rest could not understand him.

Then as Juniors, we thought of Miss Quinnell to start the year of 1908-1909
aright. We were all present, and the memory of the time is odorous, especially
as one of the girls was baptized with a bottle of perfume ; but accidents will
happen, no matter how careful we are.

After the Oratorical Contest the different classes were so over-joyed with
the success of their contestant, that a number of parties again were an-
nounced. The Juniors gathered in honor of their contestant. For a second
time a member of our class won the first prize, George Tabbert being the
lucky one this time, winning the gold medal. Just ask the Seniors about the
good time we all had and you will see they all remember it.

Then came May 14. Who does not remember that date of all dates, when
we gave a banquet in honor of the Seniors at the home of Miss Ellwyn Roper?
The entire house was beautifully and artistically decorated with black and
gold, the Seniors’ class colors, and pansies, their selected flower. A five-course

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dinner was served and though much time and hard work had been spent and
great care taken to prepare the entertainment, we received enough praise to
counterbalance it, and we feel it was the crowning success of the year.

To begin the pleasures of the year of 1909-1910, we, as Seniors, called
upon Miss Monroe, at the home of Mrs. Fanny Werner, and a good time was
enjoyed by all without doubt.

The night of all nights, when Jack-o’-lanterns and pumpkin faces peep
into the windows, white-robed ghosts wander through the streets, we met at
the home of Miss Mildred Neef. Pumpkin faces amid autumn leaves and
candle light, greeted us as we entered the home, while numerous ghosts and
witches wandered about the yard trying to frighten us away. Absurd pranks
were played and enjoyed by everyone. A delicious lunch was served, after
which ghost stories were told, until we were all afraid to go home in the dark.
We were thoroughly convinced of the truth of Riley’s line, “The Goblins will
get you if you don’t watch out.” EDNA SEYDEL.

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HOBART ATHLETICS

HEN athletics were first introduced into the Hobart Township
High School they did not receive much attention nor did they
interest the students to a great extent, much less the surrounding
community. But soon the spirit of contest was aroused within the
student body and the friends of the school could not withstand
the youthful enthusiasm. At present they are considered an important recrea-
tion in sustaining the balance of brain work versus physical development.

The athletic season of 1909 proved a great success for our track team.
A triangular meet was held at East Chicago on May 8 between East Chicago.
Hobart and Whiting. “Doc” Watson alone carried off Twenty-five points,
taking first in the 50, 100. 220. and 440 yard dashes and the broad jump. In
the weights our boys swept the field clear, winning first in the hammer throw,
discus and shot. This scored us a total of 57 l /> points to East Chicago’s 34 */•>
and Whiting 16.

This is considered by our school to be worthy of much attention in the
history of our athletics. Our team was somewhat elated over its success as it
had lost two of its best point winners.

With their East Chicago victory to spur them on the boys looked for-
ward with great anticipation to their triangular meet which was scheduled
for May 21, between Hobart, Gary and Crown Point, to be held at Hobart.

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The day dawned fair and the field was crowded with enthusiastic rooters from
the respective schools. The meet was very exciting as the events were close.
Watson as usual obtained the greatest number of points, winning all the dashes.
In this meet our weight men also carried off great honors, Arthur Kilker and
George Tree showing great form. But when the points were all summed up
it was found that Hobart and Crown Point had tied for first honors, with Gary
second.

The track season was brought to an end by the Lake County Meet held
on May 28, at Crown Point. In this meet Hammond carried off first honors
with Crown Point second and Hobart third. Although we did not obtain as
many points as we anticipated we were well satisfied with our little, but fast,
sprinter “Doc.” When he entered the dashes we appreciated the fact that
Hobart had representing her one of the fastest runners that ever stepped into
a pair of track shoes. Our hopes were not in vain for he came off the field
with colors flying and enough medals to run opposition to the United States
Mint. lie not only won the 100 and 220 yard dashes but sprung a surprise on
everyone as well as on himself by breaking the State and County record in
the 220 yard low hurdles. This gave him the necessary points to win the “In-
dividual gold medal.”

Starting out the year of 1910 our prospects for athletic honors look
very encouraging. This year’s track team is one of the strongest in the county.
Three of our athletes, George Tree, Wallace Watson and Willie Traeger, the
best in their line in the county we intend to send to the State Meet as worthy
representatives of our school.

On the Athletic Field

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WANTS CHANGE

WANT to be a Sophomore,

And with the sophies stand :
A piece of candy in my mouth,
And pony in my hand.”

Thus sang a little Freshie —
Aspiring? Who knows?

But these bright hopes are vanished
As in that class he goes.-

“I want to be a Junior,

And with the Juniors stand:

I want the love-light in my eye,

A letter in my hand.”

It is a Soph now singing,

And as he sings he dreams:

And in his dreams a Sophomore girl
Sits by him, so it seems.

‘‘I w r ant to be a Senior,

And with the seniors stand,
With dignity of manner,

A diploma in my hand.”

Thus a Junior meditates
As he hastens to his work.

He has learner, how sweet is duty
And will no lesson shirk.

‘‘Oh to be an alumnus,

And at the banquet stand ;

Serenity upon my face
A sandwich in my hand.”

This — a senior singing ;

‘Tis graduation eve,

His high school days are over,

He will his text-books leave.

Ah Senior! days are over

When you were glad and gay,

Good wishes are in volumes
Disclosed to you today.

Perchance when you have gathered
The treasures for you in store ;

You’ll think of high school pleasures
And long for them once more.

ISA BULLOCK, ’ll.

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CIENCE is not of yesterday. We stand on the shoulders of past
ages, and the amount of observation made and facts ascertained,
has been transmitted to us and carefully preserved in the store-
house of science.” This we were exceedingly anxious to master
during the scientific part of our High School career, and we re-
solved to get all we possibly could from this vast store-house of science. There-
fore we took up Botany with great enthusiasm and found it, as we had antici-
pated, a delightful and interesting study.

In our Junior year some of the class of 1910 resolved to continue in
their scientific research, but most of us decided to wait another year and then
take up advanced science. But those who studied Chemistry report it to be
an interesting study as they received an advanced idea on hydrogen, oxygen,
chemical condition of things, and ideas of explosions. The following was
found in the diary of one of the Chemistry students: That the disagreeable
odors created by us penetrated every nook and corner is acknowledged by the

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most conservative; That no one broke more than the usual amount of glass-
ware is witnessed by the fact that each one of us had the twenty-five cent de-
posit returned ; That we finished this mysterious study of chemicals, with-
out any loss of life, although the same could not be said of our clothes, for
many a vacant spot showed where some hungry acid had longingly lingered.

But when we became Seniors we were obliged to make the jump then
or never, so, we as a body started Physics. The first month who should we
meet but our old friend Mathematics. “O Star-eyed Mathematics! hast thou
wandered here, to waft us home the message of despair.” But this did not
discourage us and we discovered that, Physics could not be mastered without
hard work. The first thing we had to get a good foundation, ‘‘fundamental
laws” they call it. Ugh! A pretty rickety foundation for some of us. Then
we were turned into mechanics until the Professor said: ‘‘Let there be light.”
We certainly did need a little light but there had been enough sound without
adding more. The only kind of sound absent before had been ‘‘sound Reason-
ing.” No sooner had we become ‘‘heated up” thoroughly to our work when
the influences of our surroundings began to show its effect, and we became
‘‘charged positively.” And perhaps ‘‘positively discharged.”

Onr science teacher, Mr. Barts, deserves much praise for his patience
and help, and teaching us to fathom the depths of science. Without his per-
severance ours would have been a hard row to plow. So we want to say to
the classes that follow us that only with hard work can they achieve much in
science.

“Work — and pure slumber shall wait on your pillow;
Work — thou shall ride over Care’s coming billow;

Lie not down wearied ’neath Woe’s weeping willow
Work with a stout heart and resolute will.”

ROYAL MORTON.

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Ellwyn to Miss Quinnell: — “Which
way are you going, up or down?”

Miss Quinnell — “Amo.”

Miss Monroe — “Amat.”

Miss Quinnell — “What do the sena-
tors do when they don’t agree?”

Royal — “They disagree! ! ! !”

Miss Monroe — “What is a highlight?”
Mr. Zaugg — “A bald head.”

Miss Monroe — “Draw a circle.”

Ruth Thompson — “ Whatkindof a cir-
cle?”

Mr. Thompson — (in shorthand)
“Where is the cake?”

Edna Seydel — “It’s coming.”

Miss Quinnell — (in speaking of a
county superintendent) “I thought so
much of him. I actually thought about
going to that county and teaching.”
George Tree — “Was he married?”

Mr. Barts — (trying to give an ex-
ample of changing potential energy into
kinetic) “What would happen if I
dropped this bottle?”

Bright Pupil — “It would break.”

RESOLVED — That the superinten-
dent has more hair than the language
teacher.

Royal Morton (reading Chaucer)
Theseus ordered a beer. (bier).

Mr. Zaugg— (sharply) “Elsie what is
the construction of amo?”

Elsie — (just waking up) “I love.”

Mr. Barts — “\yhat about the war of
1812 ?”

Royal — “Well it er — er — was a long
time ago.”

John Killigrew’s Maxim — “Happy is
the man that knows he knows what he
knows.”

Miss Q. — (after assigning the lesson)
“Are there any questions?”

George Tree — “What is the time?”

Edna Seydel’s definition of ether:
"Ether is what you have left after you
take away every thing out of a bell jar.”

Ellwyn’s new Physics law: — The de-
portment of a pupil varies inversely as
the square of the distance from his
teacher.

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Mr. Thompson — “What is it that is
personified as a character in the “Faerie
Queene” which you ought to have when
you are in church?

John Killigrew — “Patience."

Beth — -(in geometry) “Miss Quinnell
I don’t understand this geographical pro-
gression.”

Shakespeare’s classification of High
School students :

Freshman — “A Comedy of Errors.”
Sophomore — “Much ado about nothing."
Junior — “As you like it.”

Senior — "All’s well that ends well.”

Bessie: — (In Physics) “The North
Pole is just west of the Baltic Sea.”

Mr. Barts — “Where is the Baltic
Sea?”

Bessie — Why! — it’s — it’s — in North
America some place, isn’t it?”

Beth — “Tell me frankly, Miss Mon-
roe, what do you think of my voice?”

Miss Monroe — “Well, dear, I think
you will have a brilliant future in water
color painting.”

Beth — (in Physics) “What makes it
so cold in here?”

Mr. Barts — “The absence of heat.”

Edna Borger — -“I painted a picture of
three young ladies, and it was so real
that when the young men passed, they
actually tipped their hats.”

Bessie — “Oh, that's nothing. I
painted a picture of a hen today, and
when I threw it in the waste basket, it
laid there.”

Mr. Thompson— “What is the mean-
ing of immense?”

Grace Roper — “Fat.”

Physics Experiment — “Take a room
full of boys, introduce three pretty girls,
the boys will turn to rubber.”

Genevieve — (Translating German “It
must be — I can’t read any farther.”

Lydia — In England they used to exe-
cute the people by killing them.

Old Maids — Some wicked wretch
has most unkindly said: “Old maids are
embers whence the sparks have fled!”

Enamored Writing Master (to a
young lady pupil). I can teach you noth-
ing: your hand is already a very desira-
ble one; the most beautiful I have ever
seen.

The Motto of Miss Quinnell’s Civic
class: “We love our teacher.”

Pat — Where’s the end of that rope?
I’ve been pulling it in for the last ten
minutes.

Mike — Faith, and I forgot to tell you,
Pat, that I’ve cut the end off of it.

A sweet girl graduate, was trav-
eling in Europe. Upon her arrival
in Germany she wished to engage a
coachman to carry her baggage to the
hotel. Seeing what she supposed to be
one, although she did not know what to
say in order to make him understand,
she motioned madly to him, then refer-
ring to her little German text-book which
she carried with her, she said, “Kutcher,
sind Sie frie?”

The coachman answered, “Ja.”

She again searched in her text for
some suitable word and finally asked,
“Sind Sie verlobt mit?”

“Nein,” said the coachman.

But even then she did not know how
to engage him so that he would under-
stand what she wanted, so finally she
asked “Kann Ich Sie haben?”

And the man quickly replied, “Nein,
nein, ich habe ein Frau und sechs Kinder
zu Hause.”

The world is old, yet loves to laugh;
New jokes are hard to find;

A whole new editorial staff
Can’t tickle every mind.

So if you meet some ancient joke,
Decked out in modern guise,

Don’t frown and call the thing a fake,
Just laugh, don’t be too wise.

Senior — Hurrah for the Seniors!

Freshy — Hurrah for the Seniors!
Hurrah for lunatics!

Senior — That’s right, everyone for his
own class.

Tickle the world and make it grin.

The more you tickle the more you’ll win;
Teach the world — you’ll never grow rich,
But live like a beggar and die in the ditch.

HIGH SCHOOL AN N UAL.

September.

12. Senior Class Meeting, election of of-
ficers.

15. Reception on Miss Monroe.

15. Miss Quinnell picking lemons in the

garden of love at the North Pole.

16. Mr. Zaugg hurrying home for fear of

having the rest of his hair pulled
out.

22. Senior Class Meeting.

October.

30. Senior Halloween Party.

>ovem her.

3. Several Seniors searching for lost
hearts.

9. Monthly examinations.

11. Some sad expressions on Seniors’
faces.

16. Willie recites in English. (First time
this year).

18. Willie recites again.

21. Where are all the erasers?

22. A lecture will surely come.

22. Miss Quinnell (in Civics) ‘'Leave a
blank page in the note books for
unwritten laws.”

25. Thanksgiving exercises.

December.

1. Ellwyn almost fails to recite in Eng-

lish, (how shocking).

3. John K. gives a good example of po-
tential energy by falling over back-
ward in his chair.

7. Tests. Horrible! !

22. Two more days of school this year.

24. School is out for the year.

January.

2. Back again.

7. Some Seniors went coasting and John
K. broke his arm.

11. John succeeds in keeping his arm in

the right place.

12. A Junior took a Senior out cutter

riding. Alas for the poor Junior! !

13. Semester exams.

16. Editorial staff for the Aurora elected.

20. Clocks get too fast.

21. John K. fixes the clock.

28. Margaret goes to sleep in the Physics
class.

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

February.

8. Willie Traeger (in History). Wasn’t

Washington a general during Lin-
coln's administration?

9. Mildred loses part of her hair.

10. Edna Seydel comes to class on time.

11. Wallace whispered in Geometry time.

(Everyone surprised).

12. Royal (in Physics). Go to the back

of the book and run down the
tables.

18. Ellwyn (debating) "Now let us stop
to pause.”

21. Miss Quinnell (to the High School)

“Keep quiet and listen to the noise
you are making.”

22. No school. What shall we do?

23. John and Ethel go on their wedding

tour.

25. Ethel’s grade is gradually sinking in
deportment.

25. John's grade is gradually rising.

28. On account of Ethel’s deportment,
John applies for a divorce.

March.

1. Ellwyn, Ethel and Bessie go to visit
Wheeler High School.

8. Ellwyn: “Oh my! how I wish that I
could go to Wheeler High School.”
I wonder why? ask Ethel and
Bessie.

17. St. Patrick’s Day. Freshman true to
their colors.

24. Local Oratorical Contest.

28. The Seniors think they would like to
take a post-graduate course, so
they can attend school in the new
building.

April.

1. April Fool.

15. Oratorical Contest at Hammond.

18. Seniors give a reception in honor of
Prof. Barts.

20. The Sophomores have loyal boys. They

are always on hand for a party.

21. Miss Monroe (in music, speaking to

altos) “Please hold me (mi) a lit-
tle longer.”

John Killigrew: “How I wish I was
one of the alto singers.”

23. Beth “I don’t like Arthur any more.”
28. Miss Monroe (in music) “George,
take me (mi).” Why?

May.

1. Beth goes to the show with Arthur.

3. Which is the peanut corner?

4. Junior reception.

5. Not many Juniors in school.

13. Semester Exams.

20. School closes.

23. Class Day.

24. Commencement.

26. Alumni Banquet.

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES

Given in (he order of (heir service

Major M. J. Cook
*George Stocker, Sr
James Roper, Jr.

* Jar vis H. Roper
* *Seward Lightner

N. P. Banks
A. J. Swanson
Alwin Wild
Lewis E. Barnes

* Deceased

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

Who have served since 1889

A. J. Smith— Supt. 1889-1890
P. S. Gristy-Supt. 1891-1895
A. R. Hardesty — Supt. 1895-1900
W. R. Curtis — Supt. 1900-1905
tG. H. Thompson— Supt. 1905—

J. H. Conroy

Mrs. M. A. Patterson.

Miss H. Alena Wolfe

Mrs. Cleo Z. (Barnes) Weatherwax

Mrs. D. Richardson Lyeth

T. A. Hanson

C, E. Swem

Miss Bessey K. Gish

fMiss Helen M. Quinnell

tChas. H. Barts

tW. A. Zaugg

fMiss Mabel C. Monroe

fPresent Faculty.

GRADUATES

1889-

Carrie Banks

1891-

Grace (Rifenburg) Conroy
*Mamie Jory
William Portmess

1892-

L. Victor Seydel

Menta (Mander)

Emily (Ammerman) Alexander

Arthur Roper

Mary (Gordon) Ballentyne

1893-

Howard Gordon
Agnes (Fiester) Barnes

1894-
*Ida Lutz
Mamie Hancock
Thomas Roper
Hattie (Belt) Wellock

1895-

Amanda (Triebess) Robinson

Edward Harney

*Hugh Thompson

Arthur Cook

Floyd Bayor

Robert Roper

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

1896 —

Pearl (Banks) Lutz
Clara (Peterson) Foss
Edwin Gordon
Pearl (Kent) Beltzhoover

1897 —

Mamie Portmess
Daisy (Lambert) Bullock
Norma (Scholler) Samuelson
Laura (Nitchman) Keys
Ruth Portmess
Mary (Roper) Strong

1898 —

May Cheney

Teekla (Anderson) Ceander
Luther Roper

1899 —

Bliss (Roper) Newman
Martha (Harrison) Brown
Myrtle (Banks) Iddings
Charles Blank

1900 —

Lillian (Blank) Baker
John Johnson
Laura Johnson
Jennie (Crockett) Irvin
Joseph Mundell
Clara Peterson
Charlotte Roper
*Banard Peterson
Dora (Stauffer) Halsted
Esther Blank

1901 —

Joseph Johnson
Mabel (Rowe) Butler
Bessie (Banks) Idle
Albin Hazelgreen
Ella (Nelson) Carlson
Anna Michelsen
William Crockett

1902 —

Vieva Scoffern
Dwight Mackey
Arthur Carnduff
Esther (Nelson) Williams
Philip Roper
Elvira (Larson) Ewing
Ruth Bullock

1903 —

Alla (Rhodes) Carnduff
Nettie Londenberg

1904 —

Lena Michelsen
Anne Fleck
Sena Borger
Cora (Ragen) Maybaum
Blanche Quinnell
Bessie Hayward
Howard Carlson
Harte Mundell
Frank Reissig
William Warchus
Ellen Malone
Cora Saxton

Paulina (Marquardt) Newman

1905 —

Floyd Saxton
Elsa Wettengel
Agnes Carnduff
Gilbert Bullock
Marie Johnson
Beatrice Quinnell
Charles Jahnke
Oliver Bullock
Floyd Scholler
Clara Fleck

Edna (Mundell) Troehler
William Killigrew
Harry Parker

1906

Olga Neef
Eva Deutsche
William Sholl
Ruth Boal
Jennie Carlson
Laura Reissig
Henrietta Gibson
Gladys Henderson
Laura Lennertz

1907 —

*Howard Halsted
Genevieve Gibson
Agnes Williams
Lilly Jahnke
Lea Scholler
Amanda (Bullock) Carr
Eunice Roper

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

Eric Carlson
Cecil Peterson
Esther Boal
Eva Odell
Ethel Frank
Beatrice Drew
Alice Mundell
Lucy Mander
Kathleen Killigrew
Floyd Banks

1908 —

Thomas Michelsen
Julia Fleck
Ralph Wood
Hazel Lewis
Florence Banks
Gertrude Sweeting
Viola Wall
Nettie Kraft
Alice Stuebing

William Marquardt
Edna Carpenter
Julia (Peterson) Moberg
Martha Heck
Lillian Rossow
Gladys (Mackey) Woods

1909 —

Henrietta J. Harms
Emily E. Bracken
Deering A. Melin
Lenna L. Peddicord
Theresa G. Butts
Fred W. Frank
Helen Mackey
Gladys P. (East) Spry
Lizzie Klausen
Lillie Rose
Hattie C. Papka
Margaret Bullock

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

The Hobart Bank

HOBART, INDIANA

Established 1884

Jc? JZ7

Cai>ital Stock - - $10,000.00

W. H. GARDNER, President
WALTER G. BLACK, Cashier

Transacts a General Banking Business

Interest paid on time deposits

WATCHES

CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, ETC.

DELL F. BEACH

Jeweler and Engraver

I bave a full line of genuine seal and seal goat hand bags with Initals and
Monograms. Call and look over our stock.

FIRST STATE BANK

HOBART, INDIANA

LOANS, DISCOUNTS AND DEPOSITS
3 % Interest paid on deposits

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ----- *50,000.00

DEPOSITS -------- $160, 000.00

FINANCIAL ABILITIES OF ----- $300,000.00

STOCKHOLDERS

N. P. BANKS, President Wm. DEVONSHIRE, Vice President

J. C. CAVENDER, Cashier H. O. LARSON, Ass’t Cashier

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

S. A. SMITH

E. S. ROPER

M. W. BROWN

Smith, Roper & Co.,

Proprietor* of

Hobart Flouring' Mills

and Dealer* in

Phone i‘> Flour, Feed, Hay, Grain, Salt,

Kranch Office at Gary, Indiana Seeds, Coal, Lime and Cement

Hobart House

Thompson & Beltzhoover

Next Door to Post Office

DEALERS IN

ARTHUR J. NEWMAN

Proprietor

Groceries and Meats
Canned Goods

Good Accommodations

Bakery Goods
Fresh and Salt Meats

RATES - - - $2.00 Per Day

PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

Try It! Try It! Try It!

HOBART’S NEW NEWSPAPER

The Hobart News

It Has The Snap

All kinds of Job Printing done in the most approved styles

“The Bee Hive”

SCHEIDT & KEILMAN

GENERAL

MERCHANDISE

HOBART, INDIANA.

ORRECT Photographs
of School graduates,
for you and your
friends to look on in
future years and
bring back the School
days again.

I take them and take them so
well that they catch all the charms
and preserve them for you.

Telephone for an appointment.

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

I SOLICIT YOUR TRADE AND APPRECIATE YOUR PATRONAGE.

WHEN IN NEED OP

Carpets, Rugs, Linoleums
or Window Shades

Call and investigate. I can save you money if you

buy of me. Good Value in Furniture

at prices as low as outside competition, besides
saving freight and breakage.

Undertaking a Specialty
Paints, Oils and Varnishes

Alwin Wild

Telephone 17 Hobart, Indiana

C. W. BANKS

A Full Line of Fruits,

Candies, Cigars

Natural £late

and

Blackboards

Woodhull’s

Ice Cream

“The Cream of Perfection

Phone 761

Hobart, . . . Indiana

Goldman s Fruit Store

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

<3r DIEGES & CLUST ^

“IF WE MADE IT, IT’S RIGHT”

Official Jewelers of the Leading Colleges,
Schools and Associations

Class Pins,
Medals,
Watches,
Jewelry,

Fraternity Pins,
Cups, Etc.,
Diamonds.

103-109 RANDOLPH STREET CHICAGO

S. H. HENDERSON

MRS. A. RIFFEY

Fashionable

Millinery

Manufacturer of

My Hats possess double merit —
Style combined with excellent
quality— all with a charm-
ing individuality of
style.

High Grade Ice Cream

PRICES RIGHT

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

* L. E. BARNES *

Dealer In

Coal, Wood, Tile, Cement Block

And All Kinds of

Building Materials

All Orders Promptly Attended To

Telephone No. 4

Main Street

Hobart, Indiana

When You Want What You Want
You Get What You Want

A. J. SWANSON

The

General

Rexall

Hardware

Drug Store

M. W. Peterson, Proprietor

Hobart, . . . Indiana

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

Wm. SXOIVIIVIEL & Co.
The Spot CasH *Store

Dealers In

General Merchandise

Hobart,

THE CRYSTAL DAIRY

GO TO

Established Nearly a Quarter

E. F.

Century Ago. Is fully Equipped
to handle and take care of the
business 365 days in the year.

SCHEDDELL

Our Motto: Honest Dealing and Courtesy
to Everybody.

For Your

Residence and Dairy Buildings on the
Banks of Deep River.

Drug's

JOHN LARSON, JR.

PROPRIETOR

Telephone 2721. Hobart, Indiana

And All School
Supplies

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.

■ - 3hr Hobart (Sazrtt?

ESTABLISHED 1889 HOBART, INDIANA

Circulation Thoroughly Covers a Field of 10,000 Population.
A Valuable Medium for Advertisers.
Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Request.
SMITH & WHITE, Proprietors.

Subscription Rate $1.50 Per Year

Mrs. Emma Tabbert

LAWRENCE D. NIKSCH

Dealer In

The Barber

Groceries

Your Trade Solicited

Candies

GOOD WORKMEN

& Provisions

COURTEOUS TREATMENT

First Class Goods Only

Shop in Roper Building —
Third Street

Phone 631 Near Penn. Depot

Hohart . . . Indiana

HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. 69

Don’t Play With Fire

By accepting just any kind of tire insurance policy.

The best costs no more.

—SEE—

•JOHN KILLIGREW

of Hobart, Indiana

About Your Insurance

Agent for the Hartford, Aetna, Pennsylvania, Royal, Fidelity Phenix,
American Central, Phoenix, and Fidelity Casualty.

DR. O. D. MORTON

JOHN L. FI ESTER

DENTIST

Dealer In

Office and Residence, Morton Bldg.,
West Side Main Street.

General

Merchandise

PLone 31

Hobart, Indiana

Dry Goods, Groceries, Gent’s
Furnishings, Boots and Shoes,
Hats and Caps, and General
Hardware.

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